Best Project Management software?

[Debe]

Have you checked out Marware’s Project X?

I saw a demo of it at MacWorld in January. It depends on your needs…might be worth a look.

debe

[Mickavid]

mindjet mindmanager – offers a free trial version. simple – easy to use – microsoft integration – etc,…

google it!

[Rich Rubasch]

I do know of a producer in a small production company that is using Entourage pretty successfully. I am going to meet with him to pick his brain on any limitations and how it works with multiple users. I feel like it is enough for my small company as well…anyone else out there giving Entourage a run for its money?

Might ask on the Microsoft discussion groups…since it is cross platform they get a lot of posts over there.

Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media

[Brian Tetamore]

Thanks for the response. Actually, I’ve been running a demo of Entourage after posting this message. Sure it doesn’t have a lot of detail and tracking capabilities, but the project center is really great. You can link any and all existing files to each project. Everything from calendar events, tasks, emails, notes, and even files like a video. The calendar view allows you to look at just the project events, or you can see all events at once on the same calendar. It’s a fantastic way to look at your schedule and prevent any conflicts. I can’t believe the PC version Outlook has nothing like this. How lame is that?

For the price, its almost a no brainer when you consider Word and Excell are included. My goal is not to become a Production Manager, just to be able to manage small projects well. Once I move into huge projects, I’ll hire a PM to do all the fun stuff.

Thanks for the input guys.

[Megan Gane]

Any thoughts on this (in 5 years) ?

looking at:
Gorilla Software
Celtx

or something non-video like:
production pier
action method

looking for cheap-ish, can do budget, calendars, tasks, and preferably equipment and studio use